py4cytoscape.networks.set_current_network

set_current_network(network=None, base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')[source]

Selects the given network as “current”.

Parameters

  • network (SUID or str or None) – Network name or SUID of the network that you want set as current

  • base_url (str) – Ignore unless you need to specify a custom domain, port or version to connect to the CyREST API. Default is http://127.0.0.1:1234 and the latest version of the CyREST API supported by this version of py4cytoscape.

Returns

{} (empty dict)

Return type

dict

Raises

  • ValueError – if server response has no JSON

  • CyError – if network name or SUID doesn’t exist

  • requests.exceptions.RequestException – if can’t connect to Cytoscape or Cytoscape returns an error

Examples

>>> set_current_network() # sets current network to current
{}
>>> set_current_network('MyNetwork') # sets network named 'MyNetwork' as current
{}
>>> set_current_network(1502) # sets network having SUID 1502 as current
{}